diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs
index 00cd9d1..84aedd4 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs
@@ -623,6 +623,16 @@ pub trait PlatformWindow: HasWindowHandle + HasDisplayHandle {
         answers: &[PromptButton],
     ) -> Option<oneshot::Receiver<usize>>;
     fn activate(&self);
+    /// Activate with an externally-generated xdg-activation token.
+    /// Wayland: issues `xdg_activation_v1.activate(token, surface)` directly,
+    ///   bypassing this client's own (possibly stale) serial. The caller is
+    ///   responsible for obtaining a token that carries a valid grab serial —
+    ///   e.g. from GTK's `GdkAppLaunchContext::startup_notify_id()` on the
+    ///   connection that received the user gesture.
+    /// Non-Wayland backends: ignore the token and fall back to `activate()`.
+    fn activate_with_token(&self, _token: &str) {
+        self.activate();
+    }
     fn is_active(&self) -> bool;
     fn is_hovered(&self) -> bool;
     fn background_appearance(&self) -> WindowBackgroundAppearance;
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
index 659a34d..4b49aef 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
@@ -4883,6 +4883,15 @@ impl Window {
         self.platform_window.activate();
     }
 
+    /// Focus the current window using an externally-generated xdg-activation token.
+    /// On Wayland this issues `xdg_activation_v1.activate(token, surface)`, which
+    /// Mutter honors when the token carries a valid grab serial (e.g. minted by
+    /// GTK on the connection that received the user gesture). On other platforms
+    /// this is equivalent to [`activate_window`](Self::activate_window).
+    pub fn activate_with_token(&self, token: &str) {
+        self.platform_window.activate_with_token(token);
+    }
+
     /// Minimize the current window at the platform level.
     pub fn minimize_window(&self) {
         self.platform_window.minimize();
diff --git a/crates/gpui_linux/src/linux/wayland/window.rs b/crates/gpui_linux/src/linux/wayland/window.rs
index 59db9dd..5cf07a5 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_linux/src/linux/wayland/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_linux/src/linux/wayland/window.rs
@@ -1263,6 +1263,22 @@ impl PlatformWindow for WaylandWindow {
         }
     }
 
+    fn activate_with_token(&self, token: &str) {
+        // Activate using a token minted externally (e.g. by GTK on the
+        // connection that received the tray-click gesture). We pass it straight
+        // to `xdg_activation_v1.activate(token, surface)` — Mutter honors it
+        // because the token carries a valid grab serial + the focused surface,
+        // unlike `activate()` above which may use a stale serial.
+        let state = self.borrow();
+        if let Some(activation) = &state.globals.activation {
+            activation.activate(token.to_string(), &state.surface);
+        } else {
+            // No xdg-activation global (e.g. older compositor): best-effort fallback.
+            drop(state);
+            self.activate();
+        }
+    }
+
     fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
         self.borrow().active
     }